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Ödön Földessy

1929 - 2020

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Ödön Földessy (1 July 1929 – 9 June 2020) was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the long jump. He was born in Békés. He competed for Hungary in the men's long jump event at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the bronze medal. Földessy won the British AAA Championships title at the 1954 AAA Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ödön Földessy is the 430th most popular athlete (up from 833rd in 2019), the 445th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 590th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ödön Földessy ranks 430 out of 6,025. Before him are Johanna Klier, Hugo Lahtinen, Erik Adlerz, Peter Snell, Betty Taylor, and Tinus Osendarp. After him are Gordon George Avery, Olavi Mannonen, Ed Hamm, Karl-Erik Nilsson, Hallgeir Brenden, and Rhadi Ben Abdesselam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Ödön Földessy ranks 292. Before him are Reino Börjesson, Dominique Fernandez, Txillardegi, Mithat Bayrak, Carlo Ubbiali, and Ken McGregor. After him are Ruth Pfau, Hallgeir Brenden, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Haruo Nakajima, Don Murray, and Hubert Dreyfus. Among people deceased in 2020, Ödön Földessy ranks 330. Before him are Sergio Rossi, Wojciech Pszoniak, Hédi Baccouche, Sven Wollter, Carlo Ubbiali, and Renato Corti. After him are Jean Delumeau, Taryn Power, Mirza Khazar, Ashley Cooper, Hamed Karoui, and Ernesto Brambilla.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ödön Földessy ranks 445 out of 1,077. Before him are Máté Fenyvesi (1933), Igor Grabar (1871), Lajos Haynald (1816), Imre Makovecz (1935), Gyula Breyer (1893), and Alfréd Haar (1885). After him are Éva Marton (1943), Vilma Bánky (1901), István Örkény (1912), Joe Bugner (1950), Dezső Gyarmati (1927), and Tibor Szamuely (1890).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Ödön Földessy ranks 19. Before him are Márta Rudas (1937), Olga Gyarmati (1924), Gergely Kulcsár (1934), László Berti (1875), Tamás Mendelényi (1936), and Imre Harangi (1913). After him are Olivér Halassy (1909), Imre Polyák (1932), Gyula Török (1938), Richard Thompson (null), Ervin Mészáros (1877), and Tibor Tatai (1944).

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